Walk this way.
The neural mechanisms that decide when and where to walk are not well understood. In this issue of Neuron, Felsen and Mainen use an olfactory-guided orienting task to show that the superior colliculus is necessary in rodents for the normal execution of spatial locomotor choices.
Krauzlis
Richard J
RJ
Systems Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. rich@salk.edu
Lovejoy
Lee P
LP
D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000502:physiology; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology*